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Learn how to implement the bridge pattern in C# with step-by-step code examples covering abstraction hierarchies, implementor interfaces, and DI registration. Link to article: https://www.devleader.ca/2026/05/03/how-to-implement-bridge-pattern-in-c-stepbystep-guide
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In March 2026, I challenged GitHub Copilot to build a Visual Studio extension, "Version Sync," from scratch without coding. Despite initial failures and needing extensive feedback, it succeeded in creating an extension to sync project version numbers. However, Copilot's code quality was lacking, emphasizing …
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Build reliable C# regex validation for email, URL, phone, and common inputs using GeneratedRegex, NonBacktracking, and timeout for production safety. Link to article: https://www.devleader.ca/2026/05/02/c-regex-patterns-for-validation-email-url-phone-and-common-inputs
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Master facade pattern best practices in C# including interface segregation, avoiding god objects, dependency injection, and organized subsystem architectures. Link to article: https://www.devleader.ca/2026/05/02/facade-pattern-best-practices-in-c-code-organization-and-maintainability
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Most 'DDD-ish' code I review enforces business rules everywhere except where it should: in the model itself. The same rule ends up duplicated across handlers, validators, and controllers, and each copy drifts a little over time. Here's how I think about invariants, and why an always-valid domain model is the cleanest …
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Struggling with enum vs const in C#? This decision guide covers type safety, extensibility, serialization, and the enumeration class pattern to help you choose correctly. Link to article: https://www.devleader.ca/2026/05/01/when-to-use-enum-vs-constants-in-c-decision-guide
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Today we’re announcing the general availability (GA) of Python support in the Microsoft Teams SDK. Python developers can now build Teams-native apps and agents using the same SDK surface that powers modern Teams experiences across our Type Link to article: …
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In this post, we walk through the full journey, from setting up your migration workspace in AWS Transform to subscribing to partner agents through AWS Marketplace to unlocking Amazon Quick capabilities that change how your organization consumes data. Link to article: …
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As part of moving to general availability (GA) for Entra Agent ID, agent blueprints, agent blueprint principals, and agent identities only accept dynamic membership groups and Microsoft 365 groups Link to article: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/microsoft365dev/sponsor-group-type-requirements-for-agent-identities
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We've shipped the new Run dialog - and we want to say thanks. As the team behind Windows Terminal and PowerToys, we're excited to bring this to Windows 11, and your feedback helped shape it! Link to article: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/the-new-run-dialog-faster-cleaner-and-more-capable
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Build AI Agents and RAG Applications with the New LangChain + LangGraph Connector for Azure Cosmos DB Building AI agents and RAG applications today means stitching together half a dozen services, a vector database, a chat history store, a checkpointer for agent state, a semantic cache, a long-term memory layer. Each …
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Hey! April brought many good reasons to open your IDE. Learn about a new DeepLearning.AI collab on spec-driven development, a beginner-friendly full-stack chat app course, a Kotlin certificate you can add to your LinkedIn profile, and fresh research on which AI coding tools developers actually use at work. Link to …
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Disclaimer: This article was created using AI-based writing and communication companions. With its help, the core topics of this rich and nuanced livestream were distilled into a compact blog post format. In our recent JetBrains livestream, Vitaly Bragilevsky was joined by Rain, the creator of cargo-nextest, for a …
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We've been building a cross-process reader/writer lock with a cap on the number of readers, we concluded our investigation last time by noting that there is a serious proble Link to article: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20260501-00/?p=112291
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I work on Coding Agent Sandboxes, aka “sbx” at Docker. The project provides secure, microVM-based isolation for running AI coding agents like Claude Code, Gemini, Codex, Docker Agent and Kiro. Agents get full autonomy inside a sandbox (their own Docker daemon, network, filesystem) without touching your host system. …
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Master the bridge design pattern in C# with practical examples showing abstraction-implementation separation, composition over inheritance, and clean extensible design. Link to article: https://www.devleader.ca/2026/05/01/bridge-design-pattern-in-c-complete-guide-with-examples
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CharacterExtensions is a utility in the DotNetTips.Spargine.Extensions namespace that enhances performance in ASCII character processing. It offers high-performance methods for character classification, case conversion, and digit extraction, emphasizing minimal overhead. This tool is ideal for developers prioritizing …
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The Azure Developer CLI (azd) shipped five releases in April 2026. The biggest theme this month is multi-language hook support: write azd hooks in Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, or .NET alongside the existing Bash and PowerShell options. Here's what's in versions Link to article: …
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Almost 25 years ago, I created NAudio, an open-source audio library for .NET. Over the years I've had periods where I've done a lot of work on it, and periods where I barely touched it. That's certainly been the case recently, partly because I've been busy with other projects, and partly because creating a version 3 of …
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